Legislators

From left to right, Miss Joan Matthews, Arkansas Senator Hattie Caraway, John R. Steelman and "Miss Arkansas 1949" Barbara Brothers pose for a photograph during the Arkansas State Society picnic. The picnic was held at Palisades Park.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt (seated) signs a document while a group of interested individuals look on. Among those present are Senator Alben Barkley (third from left) and Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins (third from right). All others are unidentified.

John R. Steelman is attending the founding of the Inter-American Cultural and Trade Center in Miami, Florida. Standing, from left to right: Ambassador Richard C. Patterson, and Congressman George Smathers. Seated, left to right: John R. Steelman, unidentified man, and Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer.

Patrick J. Fitzgerald, President, Local 10, National Federal Organization of Postal Clerks (standing, left) and David Silvergleid, President of the Joint Conference of Affiliated Postal Employees of Greater New York and Vicinity (standing, right) look over the shoulder of Representative Louis B. Heller, 7th District, New York (seated, left) and John R. Steelman (seated, right).

Leslie Biffle (left), Secretary of the Senate, interrupts President Harry S. Truman's address before a Joint Session of Congress to hand him a note telling of settlement of the railroad strike. At the time, the President was asking for unprecedented powers to deal with the labor situation. Donor: New York Herald Tribune.

Senator Harry S. Truman (center) with unidentified men at the Democratic Campaign Headquarters in Sedalia, Missouri. He is opening his drive for re-election to the Senate.

Left to right: Vice President Hubert Humphrey, Presidential candidate, former President Harry S. Truman, and Senator Edmund Muskie, Vice Presidential candidate. They are on the porch of the Truman home in Independence, Missouri. Donor: Robert L. Coon.

Left to right: Vice President Hubert Humphrey, former President Harry S. Truman, and Senator Edmund Muskie. Vice President Humphrey and Senator Muskie are running in the presidential election. They are on the porch of Truman home.The photo is from the Post Presidential Truman Papers. Donor: Wesley E. Gibson.

Former President Truman with Senator Everett M. Dirksen (R-Ill.) and Chief Justice Earl Warren at the former President's birthday party in Washington, D.C.

Former President Harry S. Truman (center) and unidentified man at left, holding a check from the Mercantile Bank. Congressman Harry Darby is at right. They are attending a fund raiser for the Harry S. Truman Library, Inc. (the organization raising funds for the building of the Harry S. Truman Library) at the Muehlebach Hotel. See related photos 2009-2016 through 2026. From: Mo-Bee Photo Service.